On the evening of Saturday, August 8, 2026, 26-year-old Marione Tsegay was shot and killed at a house party in the Fruit and Shields Avenues area of Fresno, California. A recent Fresno State graduate and the first in her family to finish college, she was among several people at the gathering when a verbal dispute reportedly between her and 24-year-old Nemadia Knuckles escalated into gunfire.

Responding officers arrived after calls of shots fired at about 9:23 p.m. Emergency personnel transported Tsegay to Community Regional Medical Center, where she later died of her injuries. Homicide detectives opened an immediate investigation and, based on evidence and witness statements from attendees, identified Nemadia Knuckles as the primary suspect. Knuckles was arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail on a murder charge. The investigation is ongoing as the case moves through the legal process.

Did anyone at the party or nearby that night see what happened or have information that could help investigators?